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IS 5509 : 2021

Fire Retardant Plywood - Specification ( Third Revision )

Current edition: 2021

Sectional committee: CED 20 · BIS department: Civil Engineering (CED)

What this standard covers

This standard covers the fire retardant chemicals, method of treatment, retentions and requirements of fire retardant plywood.

Scope, quoted from IS 5509 : 2021. Read the full standard

Requirements and tests, as the standard names them

  • 8.2 Thickness
  • 8.3 Tolerances
  • 12.2 Other Tests
  • 13.1 General Requirements
  • 13.2 Specific Requirements

Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCE”, “TEST REQUIREMENTS”, “ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ECO-MARK” in IS 5509 : 2021. Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.

How the standard is organised

  • 3 TERMINOLGY
  • 4 FLAME RETARDANTS
  • 5 PREPARATION FOR TREATMENT
  • 6 FIRE RETARDANT TREATMENT
  • 7 CONDITIONING AFTER TREATMENT
  • 8 DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCE
  • 9 WORKMANSHIP AND FINISH
  • 10 SAMPLING AND CONFORMITY
  • 11 TEST SPECIMEN AND NUMBER OF TESTS
  • 12 TEST REQUIREMENTS
  • 13 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ECO-MARK

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

  • IS 5509 : 2021 — current edition (last reviewed by BIS 2026-01-02)
  • IS 5509 : 2000 — withdrawn by BIS

Where this standard is used on NirmanDost

CPWD DSR 2021 (Civil Works)

Item codeDescription (verbatim)
9.126.2Fire retardant plywood conforming to IS: 5509

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Materials market

Also cited in the Materials Market rate library and SKU sheets.

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Notes

  • Status and titles come from the official BIS published/withdrawn standards registry (standards.bis.gov.in exports, July 2026 snapshot). Editions change — verify on the BIS portal before contractual use.
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  • Generated 2026-07-27.